Öz Sultanlıan Höyük is 50 kms from Kayseri and is situated at the noinl wherd the Kayseri-Sivas railroad crosses the lıighvvay. It is 900 m away frnın the famous Seljuk caravanserei. The ınound has heen noted by the scientific circles as thefindspot of the stela inscribed with Hittite hieroglyphs presently conserved at Ankara Archaeological Museum. The mound was badly damaged due to the construction of Kayseri-Sivas railroad in 1929 when needed stones and earth were obtained from itL At that time the attention of researchers was attacted by the appearence of an insc- ription in. Hittite Jûeroglyphs.